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		uecker on May 1, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linux Kernel Exploitation: Attack of the Vsock You can't be perfect. The question is how much improvement "rewriting in Rust" actually brings, how important that is, and what downsides it may have.

throwawayqqq11 on May 1, 2025 [–]

Another, way more impertant question is, can we keep maintaining legacy C code in community driven FOSS projects, when the world moves on.

uecker on May 2, 2025 | [–]

Does the world really move on? I think HN could be misleading here. And is moving to evermore complex solution the right answer to mainentance problems? I doubt it.

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